One Millimeter Mindset

JULY 30, 2018

A collaborative customer experience strategy requires more than having clients to survey. This strategy encompasses understanding the non-surveyed factors impacting the customer, pre-sale, during the sale and the entire post-sale continuum. How well do we really “stick close to the customer” ?

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ShepHyken

JANUARY 22, 2020

I’ve learned a lot over the years by attending his workshops and coaching sessions. What type gets more sales? Shep Hyken is a customer service expert, keynote speaker, and New York Times bestselling business author. For information on The Customer Focus customer service training programs, go to www.thecustomerfocus.com.

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One Millimeter Mindset

DECEMBER 17, 2018

And subsequently lose sight of our customer-focus. Or, we have not met our sales quota. And we are not thrilled about having “that” talk with our micro-managing sales manager. When we become proactive and anticipatory about keeping our customer focus, instead of being self-focused, we are strategic instead of tactical.

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One Millimeter Mindset

DECEMBER 19, 2018

These 18 ways create a more effective customer retention strategy. However, they are contrary to everything you have learned as a sales professional. Or a sales engineering professional, a customer service professional, or any other professional engaged in acquiring and retaining customers. Subscribe to my blog.

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One Millimeter Mindset

MARCH 18, 2019

I survey the STEM professionals and left brain thinkers I speak to and conduct workshops for. Yet, the same two-thirds of these workshop attendees tell me that the people sitting around the table do not know who they are and what they do. On a weekly basis, at the very least. Then, take these next steps…. Find out more right here.

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One Millimeter Mindset

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Lots of organizations spend a lot of money on content creation to promote the sales of their products and services. It simply is a matter of understanding where to look, how to listen, the questions to ask, and then how to collaborate and translate into enduring, customer-focused stories. Right here, Today.

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Blog 2018 Workshop Customer Retention 68

Lumoa

MARCH 21, 2023

I wanted to share the tactics and tools I teach in my speeches, as well as what my team teaches in our customer service workshops. Specifically, included in the tips and strategies in the book are our top culture-changing tools that move an organization to be more customer-focused.” Customer service is not a department.

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One Millimeter Mindset

JULY 18, 2018

And, let’s not forget invitations to participate in customer experience (CX) surveys. Plus, sales reps, as well as IT and engineering professionals, request appointments. Wisdom has it that an average of 10 customer touches are involved before a potentially new customer schedules a meeting. Contact me.

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One Millimeter Mindset

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

Also, professional experience focuses on how we have our customers’ backs. Consequently, professional experience is customer-focused, rather than self-serving. Far too many of us equate customer retention only with retaining customers in our own customer bases. Contact me.

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ClearAction

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

There was a wonderful window of opportunity for VoC managers to inject customer focus into each of these challenges, but unfortunately, few VoC managers were poised to do so with appropriate insights or political positioning. While the data was very fresh, we went on a global road trip to conduct cross-functional action planning workshops.

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Customer Guru

AUGUST 8, 2018

Carol Buehrens is a leading customer experience expert, best-selling author, and professional speaker. She has over 30 years of experience in the industry and is renowned for her powerful presentations and workshops. He has vast experience in driving profitable sales growth through more loyalty-inspiring customer experiences.

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One Millimeter Mindset

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

A Potent Human Capital Strategy needs a Potent Customer Retention Strategy [link]. To retain Customers focus on People Value instead of Products [link]. Engage me to deliver one of my Customer Retention keynote speaking programs or workshops for a refreshing change from the same-old stuff.

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One Millimeter Mindset

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

And while organizations talk the talk about being customer-focused, walking the walk falls short. However, busily-focused on completing the tactical assignments they equate to being customer-focused. Rather than creating strategically-positioned contributions to customer experience. Subscribe to my blog.

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BirdEye

MARCH 24, 2023

Table of contents Business development defined Differences between business development and sales Business development versus sales development Differences between business development and marketing What does a business development manager do? Business development is identifying prospects and looking for ways to reach prospects.

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ChurnZero

MARCH 3, 2020

Conferences, forums, and workshops are a great way to brush up on your skills, learn new ones and hear from thought leaders and experts in your industry. It’s also a great opportunity to meet and network with peers within the Customer Success community. New ChurnZero Resource: How to Sell Customer Success Software to the C-Suite.

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Comm100

DECEMBER 19, 2017

These enlightened customers demand a certain quality of interaction and service from your company. Creating a positive customer journey — from the first interaction (calls, live chat, emails or social media) to the purchase and even after the sale is made – is paramount if you want to attract and retain customers.

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One Millimeter Mindset

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

To showcase the real value we bring when serving customers, focus on the customer experience value of collaborative storytelling. I will be honored to customize my keynotes and workshops to your next event. Hire me to speak or conduct a workshop at your next corporate or association event. Right here, Today.

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One Millimeter Mindset

DECEMBER 10, 2018

We end up serving our customers, better and better, as well. And creating remarkable customer-focused experiences. I will be honored to customize my keynotes and workshops to your next event. Hire me to speak or conduct a workshop at your next corporate or association event. And guess what?

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One Millimeter Mindset

JULY 19, 2018

Engage Babette Ten Haken to deliver some of the most distinctive and game-changing keynotes and workshops, finely tuned for today’s digitally transforming workplaces. As a result, they create remarkable, enduring and innovative customer-focused output and outcomes. Hit this link and let’s collaborate, shall we? Contact me.

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Steve DiGioia

DECEMBER 5, 2016

Recently I had the pleasure of interviewing many leaders in the business world and customer service industry. As some companies grow, they purposely change their shift from customer focused to bottom line focused. Direct contact with customers is limited, so they become figures on a sales report, not real people.

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One Millimeter Mindset

DECEMBER 5, 2018

First, does employee-focus translate into customer-focus? Second, not every employee perceives their relationship with customers the same way. Fourth, how does an employee experience culture walk the talk, and walk the walk, as a collaborative customer-focused culture? Third, not all employees solve problems the same way.

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One Millimeter Mindset

JANUARY 17, 2019

Furthermore, your colleagues cannot understand what you both can do, together, to better serve customers. And customer-focused solutions fall short of what they might have been. Then, when business systems have their own semantics for commonly-used terms, customers begin to misinterpret your answers to their questions.

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One Millimeter Mindset

OCTOBER 4, 2018

When we are not curious about whether an issue impacting customers is, in fact, being addressed, we are irresponsible. So, why not let customer-focused questions move us one millimeter outside our departmental confines and comfort levels? Start serving those valuable customers better and better each day, moving forward.

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Confirmit

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

NPS increased by 11% due to heightened customer focus and improvement initiatives that significantly reduced costs. The program includes self-directed learning, workshops and specific business challenge scenarios, all designed to build a robust talent pipeline and strong sales function expertise.

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ReviewTrackers

AUGUST 6, 2020

It teaches any marketer how they can work well with their sales team, which I think is such a powerful skill to have — and also how to create really strong content, keeping your customer, SEO, and the buying funnel in mind. The course aligned my mindset with how customers can and will use social media to communicate with a brand.

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One Millimeter Mindset

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Ultimately, perpetuating conflicting workplace agendas is self-focused, rather than customer-focused. My keynote and workshops on how professional intimidation creates customer experience gaps focuses on the issues we are talking about in today’s blog post. Think about it.

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One Millimeter Mindset

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

As a result, employees, within departments and between departments, remain confused about their customer retention roles. More often than not, employers pay lip-service to being customer-focused. Hire me to speak or conduct a workshop at your next corporate or association event to catalyze your mindset and skill sets.

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Education Services Group

JULY 5, 2022

As Kristi Faltorusso, CCO at ClientSuccess put it, change starts with culture , and there needs to be accountability across the business with customer-focused KPIs. Marketing, Product, Sales, and Customer Success, all sat at the same table with the customer experience at the forefront. Who are your advocates?

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SurveySensum

JULY 14, 2020

He is an author of Moments of Magic®, The Loyal Customer, The Cult of the Customer, The Amazement Revolution, Amaze Every Customer Every Time, Be Amazing or Go Home, and The Convenience Revolution and a creator of a customer service training program, Customer Focus , aiming to help clients build a customer service culture and loyalty mindset.

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SmartKarrot

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Role: Head of Customer Success Location: San Francisco, CA, United States Organization: Ikigai As the Head of Customer Success, you’ll manage the onboarding of new clients and ensure a smooth transition from sales. Manage, assess, and enhance the tools, communications, and procedures supporting customer teams.

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Wootric

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

She counsels leaders and teams responsible for customer outcomes by designing stronger organizations and guide cross-functional teams to leverage mutually beneficial opportunities with an advanced understanding of the customer journey, sales, product marketing, and operations. Guneet Singh. Jeannie Walters. Joey Coleman.

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ClearAction

AUGUST 6, 2019

Hootsuite’s Vice President of Customers, Kirsty Traill, recently presented 1 how her team’s holistic approach is reaping transformational value, starting with increasing Marketing impact. Customer-Focused Mindset. In turn, processes are in place to make sure field events deliver this, tailored by customer persona.

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One Millimeter Mindset

OCTOBER 24, 2018

Sometimes the best customer-focused stories are the ones our organization never pays attention to. These stories may come from the middle of the customer experience scorecard pack. Hire me to speak or conduct a workshop at your next corporate or association event. Until it is time to renew their contract. Contact me.

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ShepHyken

JANUARY 12, 2018

So telling yourself these myths about customer experience is a big no-no and won’t take you where you want to go will they? Check out our thoughts on customer focus. We often get questions and comments on delivering great customer service and experiences. From clients and customers commenting on our blog. No question.

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Storyminers

JULY 6, 2020

Barry Dalton is a Customer Experience strategy and CX technology leader with accomplishments in designing and implementing strategy and technology architecture across Marketing, Sales & Service with a particular industry focus on Consumer Products, Pharmaceuticals, Retail, and Technology.

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Storyminers

JULY 6, 2020

Barry Dalton is a Customer Experience strategy and CX technology leader with accomplishments in designing and implementing strategy and technology architecture across Marketing, Sales & Service with a particular industry focus on Consumer Products, Pharmaceuticals, Retail, and Technology.

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Customer Guru

AUGUST 21, 2018

He helps brands achieve improved customer experience, customer loyalty, and branding by his keynote speaker presentations and workshops. She is a renowned expert on customer relationship management (CRM), customer service strategies, and ROI. Kate Leggett Follow @kateleggett. Shep Hyken Follow @Hyken.

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